There is a pronounced racial divide among New York City voters in their attitudes about
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and about police, according to a Quinnipiac College poll released
today. New Yorkers approve 43 - 49 percent of the job Mayor Giuliani is doing; white voters
approve 62 - 32 percent, while black voters give the Mayor a negative 13 - 80 percent
approval, and Hispanic voters give a negative 39 - 53 percent approval.

By a 34 - 41 percent margin, New Yorkers have a favorable opinion of the Mayor,
with 23 percent mixed. White voters have a 50 - 26 percent favorable opinion, while black
voters give the Mayor a 8 - 70 percent favorability, with a 29 - 40 percent rating from
Hispanic voters, the independent Quinnipiac College Poll finds.

Looking at voter approval ratings of other officials:

Public Advocate Mark Green gets a 56 - 13 percent approval for the job he is doing, with
31 percent undecided;

"Mayor Giuliani does well in statewide polls of his race for the U.S. Senate. But his
New York City neighbors are split, with white voters approving of the Mayor, while black
voters disapprove," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac College Polling Institute.

"Three men who might be mayor do well on job approval, but many New Yorkers
don't know much about them, something they'll have to fix in the next year."

"Harold Levy, who slipped in as interim schools chancellor, has rolled up impressive
numbers in just a few weeks on the public stage, and bears watching," Carroll added.

By a 37 - 10 percent margin, New Yorkers see police more as friends than as enemies,
while 50 percent see them as neither. By a 50 - 3 percent margin, white voters see police as
friends, not enemies. Black voters are split 22 - 22 percent on whether they see police as
friends or enemies, while Hispanic voters see police as friends 25 - 6 percent.

"In perception of the police, New York is two separate cities: White voters see a police
force that does a good job, while black New Yorkers disapprove of police," Carroll said.
"Black and white voters feel better about police in their community, the cops they know."

From March 7 - 13, Quinnipiac College surveyed 817 New York City registered
voters, with a margin of error of +/- 3.4 percent. The Quinnipiac College Poll, directed by
Douglas Schwartz, conducts public opinion surveys in New York, New Jersey and
Connecticut as a public service and for research.

For additional data -- www.quinnipiac.edu or call (203) 287-5201

1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Rudolph Giuliani
is handling his job as Mayor?

Oct 20
Tot Wht Blk Hisp 1999

Approve 43% 62% 13% 39% 46%

Disapprove 49 32 80 53 46

DK/NA 7 6 7 8 8

3. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Howard Safir is
handling his job as Police Commissioner?

June 17
Tot Wht Blk Hisp 1999

Approve 38% 53% 12% 34% 37%

Disapprove 48 30 79 47 49

DK/NA 14 17 8 19 13

4. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Mark Green is handling
his job as Public Advocate?

Tot Wht Blk Hisp

Approve 56% 57% 63% 42%

Disapprove 13 11 12 18

DK/NA 31 32 25 39

5. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Alan Hevesi is
handling his job as City Controller?

Tot Wht Blk Hisp

Approve 50% 54% 51% 38%

Disapprove 12 7 14 18

DK/NA 38 38 35 45

6. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Harold Levy is
handling his job as acting New York City Schools Chancellor?

Tot Wht Blk Hisp

Approve 42% 41% 44% 45%

Disapprove 15 13 16 17

DK/NA 43 45 40 38

7. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Peter Vallone is
handling his job as City Council Speaker?